December 22 of the fourth year of Jin Tianfu.

The former Yuezhou regimental training envoy of the Chu State and the assassin Shi Pan Shuhei led 10,000 government troops to surrender to the Black Flag Army.

At this time, Yu Cunzhong's troops on the right side of the Black Flag Army had already approached the city of Langzhou.

The Yunyang Department of the middle road has crossed the Dongting Lake, and after completing the assembly, it is divided into two roads, one is led by Yunyang and the second compartment, which goes south along the Xiangshui, camps and sleeps during the day every day, and marches at night. On the other hand, Bai Likang led a group of people and special operations to Yutan, camping during the day and marching at night.

At this time, Yuezhou City.

Baili Wuji and Xiong Jiben, Pan Shusi, and Zhou Xingfeng discussed, and finally decided to block the south gate of Yuezhou City, and sent a messenger to send a messenger to Tanzhou, reporting that Yuezhou was besieged by the Black Flag Army, and Zhou Xingfeng's night attack was not conducive to being defeated, and Pan Shusi was leading 10,000 government troops to hold on to the city, and had repelled the Black Flag Army several times to attack the city, and was in urgent need of reinforcements.

So to report it like this, after everyone discussed, they thought that Zhou Xingfeng's 10,000 Chu army had thousands of soldiers dispersed, and the unfavorable news of the night attack could not be concealed, so it must be told the truth, but the matter of Uncle Pan's dedication to Yuezhou City could be blocked.

According to this report, Tanzhou can create an illusion that Yuezhou has not been lost, and as long as troops are sent to support, it is very likely to resist the Black Flag Army moving south. This gave Ma Xifan a reason not to flee, in fact, no king or emperor was willing to flee his capital, at least when there was hope.

When entering the city, Uncle Pan also offered a person to Baili Wuji.

Chu State Hengzhou Assassin History, Shilang He Zhongju.

"You are the assassin of Hengzhou, He Zhongju?"

"Exactly."

"Hengzhou is located south of Tanzhou, how can you appear in Yuezhou?"

"A certain was sent by the king of Chu to Kaifeng to see the emperor of the Jin Kingdom, and thanked the king of Chu for being the general of Tiance Mansion, passing by Yuezhou, and never thought that Yuezhou would fall, so he fell into your hands."

Wuji knows that this person is a genius. He Zhongju, when he was thirteen years old, was arrested and imprisoned because his family's taxes were overdue, and the county ordered Li Honggao to write a poem, making "Like a jade to go to prison, leave home and be in prison." pity two pieces of wood, but a branch of flowers", Li Honggao was shocked, and was pardoned and treated as a courtesy. Since then, he has been determined to study, and during the later Tang Tiancheng period, he went to Luoyang to cast poems under Li Congrong, the king of Qin; After Tang Changxing ascended to the rank of Jin Shi in four years, he dedicated a poem to Li Congrong, the king of Qin. There is a good sentence of "Biyun chapter sentence before leaving, Zifu fairy nod", Qin King Li Congrong Dayue and gave his hometown to say Jinxian, Li said to be a dragon, and the people of the time appreciated.

Later, due to the coup d'état in Luoyang, he returned to Hunan. Soon after, Ma Xifan, the king of Chu, was appointed as one of the eighteen scholars of Tiance Mansion on the recommendation of Li Honggao, and was appointed as the assassin of Quanzhou and Hengzhou.

Baili Wuji asked, "Are you willing to surrender?" ”

He Zhongju replied: "Only one death!" ”

Wuji smiled: "Why did you die? ”

He Zhongju replied: "Repay the grace of the King of Chu's appreciation!" ”

"The king of Chu ** was lustful, extravagant, only concerned about debauchery and pleasure, sold officials and lords under his rule, and paid heavy taxes, so that the people lived in hardship and fled in large numbers. If you are willing to repay with your life for your favor, why do you not give me justice for the sake of righteousness? ”

He Zhongju replied, "How can the envoy consider himself righteous? Is it righteous to make the king bully his neighbors because of the strength of his army, and to go to war without declaring a war, causing the lives to be destroyed and the people to suffer? ”

"Ha Lu Ha ....... Those who think they are righteous are also in the interests of the people of the world. If the people are safe, the world will be peaceful, and if the world is peaceful, the country will be prosperous, which is a certain justice. Why make the king's life miserable, and the saying that the people are suffering is probably an endorsement, right? Since the Black Flag Army entered the city, can you see a group of soldiers disturbing the people? Have you ever seen a torture and killing? ”

He Zhongju was speechless for a while, this Baili Wuji is really a bit of a scoundrel, which literati is not a set of scolding people, but he has to pick thorns. But the Black Flag Army entered the city without the slightest offense against the people, he saw it with his own eyes. But since he is a minister of the Chu State, he naturally can't be an enemy.

"What the Baili envoy said, a certain dare not agree, even if he said it wildly, there are only four words - only to die."

"Good. Come on, take care of it, don't be wronged by He Yuanjun, and when a certain person captures Tanzhou, he will be released. ”

"Uh......."

Literati and military generals are different, literati have no power to restrain chickens, in this era, even if there is a body to learn, except for the official nowhere to show, even if he is released for a hundred miles, as long as the Chu State is destroyed, He Zhongju can only go to the official unless he returns to the mountains and forests and dies in the fields. Unless the family has a lot of money, they can only sit and wait to starve to death. So Baili Wuji is not in a hurry at all.

Subsequently, Baili Wuji temporarily appointed Pan Shusi and Zhou Xingfeng to lead the surrendered 10,000 government troops and many Chu army prisoners and wounded to withdraw from Yuezhou City, stationed thirty miles north of Yuezhou City to standby, and sent military doctors to treat them.

Xiong Ji was left to defend Yuezhou City with 4,000 Black Flag troops under his jurisdiction, waiting for supplies from the Jingnan Transport Battalion.

Baili Wuji himself led the remaining more than 11,000 people to enter the short preparation, and quickly left the south gate of Yuezhou to Tanzhou.

……。

Tanzhou City, the capital of the Chu State.

The king of Chu had just received a letter of help from Yuezhou, and at the same time there was an urgent letter of help from Langzhou.

Convened the civil and military officials of the Chu State to discuss the countermeasures.

Tuoba Chang, one of the eighteen scholars, was the first to speak: "Great King, the Qingzhou army is very strong, once broke the 30,000 army of Shu with 5,000 people, broke through Sanzhou in ten days, and now attacked my Dachu with two ways, and the army has tens of thousands. I thought that the king could not fight a decisive battle with him now, it was better to move the capital to Guizhou, and there was Jingjiang Jiedu to make 30,000 troops as a barrier, and then gather the envoys from all over the country to gather troops and fight to the death with the Gyeongju army. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say. The king must not listen to gluttonous rumors, and the relocation of the capital is related to the fortunes of the country, so he must not be careless. Now that Yue and Lang Erzhou said in their letters for help, they have repelled several attacks by the Black Flag Army, so the two states are still in the hands of my Great Chu, and the Black Flag Army is not invincible. I thought that the king should give an order and swear to live and die with Tanzhou, so as to inspire the soldiers in front of him to fight bloodily. At the same time, reinforcements were sent to Yue and Lang Prefectures to consolidate the city defenses of the two states, and the enemy who would attack in the future was blocked in Yue and Lang Prefectures. ”

Langguan Liao Guangtu spoke out against it. Liao Guangtu is also one of the eighteen bachelors, he and Tuoba Chang have always been at odds, and now when he hears Tuoba Chang actually persuade Ma Xifan to move the capital, he is furious, do you think I don't know that the Jingjiang Festival is going to become your sons and daughters?

The two began to argue-for-tat.

One scolded the other party for "slandering and misleading the country".

One scolded the other party for "not caring about the safety of the king and endangering the community." ”

One wants to move the capital, and the other opposes moving the capital.

As a result, the officials began to choose their own sides, and the two sides quarreled fiercely.

"Ahem...... Cough. Prime Minister Li Honggao cleared his throat.

The scene began to fall silent.